The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.
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Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the brink of mysteries and harmonies into which they never enter, and with their ha...
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All mankind love a lover.
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A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches.
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Marriage is the perfection of what love aimed at, ignorant of what it sought.
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To laugh often and much,to win the respect of the intelligent peopleand the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest criticsand endur...
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He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind thos...
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The Artist always has the masters in his eyes.
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When its errands are noble and adequate, a steamboat bridging the Atlantic between Old and New England, and arriving at its ports with the punctuality...
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A mind might ponder its thought for ages, and not gain so much self-knowledge as the passion of love shall teach it in a day.
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True love transcends the unworthy object, and dwells and broods on the eternal, and when the poor interposed mask crumbles, it is not sad, but feels r...
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There are many eyes that can detect and honor the prudent and household virtues; there are many that can discern Genius on his starry track, though th...
